Hi everyone!!
I am new and so excited!! My question is....I take many vitamines. Have for a long time. B-6, B-12, Calcium, Mag, Patasium, Vitamine C and D, and Fish Oil. Is this ok with Adkins?
I am 46 and never am never sick. Just trying to keep healthy.

Yes, Atkins recommends taking vitamins. In DANDR, he writes a section on "Supplements For Everyone". It is in the chapter And Away You Go: The Induction Phase.

Good luck and hope this helps.

Yes, Dr Atkins was a big supporter of vitamins, one of his lesser known books is the Vita-Nutrient Solution, and he sold his own line of vitamins.

Btw Sam, it is ATkins with a T not D. Think "Chet", not "Trace" lol:

Atkins!! Haha!!
Thanks guys. Lovin this site and all the help

I have read there is absolutely no clinical research whatsoever that advocates taking vitamins. Having said that I take a generic one from Costco anyway because it just seems right, and it certainly hasn't inhibited my weight loss. The only thing I'd like to tell you is not to waste a dime on name brand anything. A vitamin is a vitamin. No one's vitamins are more absorb-able that someone else's.

You may be right about this. I'd like to hear some of the "experts" on this site weigh in (so to speak) about that.

Vitamins have been added to processed foods like white bread and cereal and orange juice for decades simply because processing eliminates the natural goodness of real foodstuffs. I'm not sure where recommendations for all the rest came from, and those recommendations go in and out of fashion. To E or not to E?

Dr. Atkins wrote a whole book on "Vitanutrients" which he prescribed for his clients according to individualized needs. His theory was that a wrecked metabolism needed corrective remedies in addition to dietary change. I own the book, but I've always felt that having a Dr. Atkins at your side is better than self-diagnosis, so I've never tried to apply a regime from that book, or felt that I needed to.

That said, I take a boatload of supplements, including COQ10 (heart health), calcium + D (I'm an old broad), chromium picolinate and alpha lipoic acid (supposedly helpful for fat metabolism) and a multi-vitamin. I also take a glucosamine combo for joint health.

Do they work? Well, sometimes I feel like the person who was constantly clapping her hands as she walked down the street. When someone asked why, she said, "To keep away the tigers." Questioner responds: "There aren't any tigers around here." "See?" says the clapper. "It's working."

So far, I'm enjoying excellent health. Is it the supplements? The diet? The exercise? The clapping?

I've done a lot of research on vitamins and supplements. IMO they are vital and the research proves it. The research that is not biased and designed to fail that is.

One of the best sites for nutrient research is http://lpi.oregonstate.edu/.

I have been taking supplements for over 30 years. Though I am considered morbidly obese I have few health problems and hardly ever get sick.